r/FRANKENSTEIN

I was 6yr old or something when i first saw and heard about Frankenstein, he was just a green monster who had scar on his forehead, it was in a cartoon called Phineas and Ferb and a TV show called Big Bad Beatle Borgs

In 2018 i became an avid watcher of horror anime (japanese cartoon) and become a big admirer of an author known as Itou Junji

Most of his works have not been animated and are available to read in form of manga (japanese comic books)

Couple months ago i started collecting mangas and i saw he has written a manga called Frankenstein, the word instantly reminded me of the memory from past which i had forgotten completely

I picked it up asap,

Im not the kind of person who cries even in hardest of times,

It made me cry.

I listened to the audiobook of original author,

It made me cry even more.

I watch couple million video essays on YouTube about the story,

I cried multiple times

I watched the 2025 movie,

idk why i found it DOG SHIT LMAO...

the first half, it was mehh but the second half made me ball my eyes out soo hard it gave me headache and shi

so yea sorry for writing soo much and thanks for reading, i just wanted to read everyone's opinion on the movie lol

my ratings are -

original book - 10/10

Itou Junji - 9 or 8/10

2025 Movie - 8 or 7/10

Mia Goth's acting wasn't bad by any means. However, I just couldn't feel much humanity in this version of Elizabeth.

She interacts with the Creature and shows him love without any hesitation, fear, or real emotional barrier. Because of that, she felt more like a convenient puppet for the script rather than a fleshed-out human being.

I’d love to hear what everyone else thought of her character.

I think it's shocking that there isn't an animated adaptation of Shelley's novel. Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, and The Phantom of the Opera have animated adaptations, but not Frankenstein.

From movies, to interactive games, audio dramas, comics, graphic novels and special edition of books and why.

I'd love to hear your thoughts since the 1818 version is my favourite book, but that's not what I'm asking. I'm asking for unique adaptations. My favourite book adaptation is "Classics Reimagined: Frankenstein" the 200th anniversary editionand the publisher is Rockport. It has beautiful pictures on every page. I have an entire shelf of special editions that I love but I thought this was the most unique and 'different' one I had. I'll post more of them in an edit here or comment if you all request it because I have so many!

I don't have a favourite movie adaptation as I haven't seen any yet, so change my mind if there's one you love!

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Looking at the promo photos again makes me feel like the head sculpt and facial likeness might be off compared to what we've seen from the film.

For anyone else who pre-ordered: are you holding out for in-hand collector photos, or did the delays push you to cancel? Would love to hear what other collectors think.